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- DirectorAyelet MenahemiStarsGili Ben-OzilioItzik NiniBoaz TurgemanThe life of some homeless teenagers in Tel-Aviv, many of them homosexuals.
- DirectorYair HochnerStarsDaniel EfratDana BalaltiMichael HamelTwo rent boys, hired by a trick to perform together, develop a relationship.
- DirectorYair HochnerStarsOfer RegirerGuy ZoaretzYuval RazIn two days, Omer will hit a milestone; his 30th birthday. Like many his age, he hasn't found himself. But then Omer is hardly looking. Instead he chooses to loose himself among the stacks of books at the local library, where he works. It is a respite from real life. From time to time he goes on blind dates. He meets Danny on one of his dates. 20 years old and full of enthusiasm, Danny dreams of becoming a dancer. Shirley, Omer's little sister, has her own problems. Aside from being Omer's greatest annoyance, she is in an unconventional relationship with, Michal, owner of the city's hippest coffeehouse and her boss. Just when it seems that Omer has completely lost his spark and all seems lost, Enter Ronen, the handsome journalist who ignites the flame Omer has been seeking. Everyone is hoping for a change. They are waiting for the light. The light that will thaw their frozen hearts. But only one person has the answer, Matilda Rose, the alien loving best-selling novelist can solve the issue; Is love dead or are we just looking in all the wrong places?
- DirectorEran Koblik KedarRicardo RojstaczerStarsElla GabrielNaamit Mor HaimEran Koblik KedarYaki just wanted to make a porn film. As a child growing up in an ultra-orthodox family (very religious), he never even heard about this "dubious" genre. Actually, he never even encountered the world of television and film. After shooting his little film, he starts developing his interest in video-art, with the help of his good friend Ricardo. Through this medium he explores the connection between sex and religion, myth and anxiety, body and soul. This is his self portrait.
- DirectorYariv MozerStarsYoav ReuveniYehuda Nahari HaleviYariv MozerTel Aviv, Summer 1989. Boaz, a beautiful and alluring linguistics student, receives anonymous, male-written love letters that undermine his sexual identity and interfere with his peaceful life with his beloved girlfriend.
- DirectorYariv MozerAn untold side of the Israeli- Palestinian Conflict: gay Palestinians - Louie, Abdu and Fares - are hiding in Tel Aviv, and until they escape, they must remain 'the invisible men'.
- DirectorNir Ne'emanStarsYechiel ElkabetzAsi CoganHofesh ShechterRon a handsome Israeli gay man wants a kiss on his birthday. When he tries to get it from Sahar, a beautiful blonde hustler in a black leather jacket things don't go quite as planned.
- DirectorDan WolmanStarsGila AlmagorBenyamin ArmonChaim HadayaTwelve year-old Uri reports his teacher Balaban as a suspected spy when he observes him meeting with a young arab man. Only later does he discover that Balaban's interest in the young arab is romantic rather than political.
- DirectorDan WolmanStarsGila AlmagorIdo TadmorNelly TagarThe film tells the story of a sensitive and complex relationship between a mother and her ailing son. Like in Hans Christian Anderson's fairy tale "The Loveliest Rose in the World" where a prince must search for a rose to save his mother, who is dying in bed, "Tied Hands" sees a reversal of roles as a desperate mother goes out to find marijuana, to ease her son's pain. In her, turbulent journey in the streets of Tel-Aviv, old truths from her past come back to life and threaten to break down a wall of denials behind which, she's been hiding all her life.
- DirectorTomer HeymannStarsTomer HeymannPoignant meditation on family, loss, and the mental maps of homelessness. The film navigates the intimate lives of 5 brothers and their mother, over the course of a decade, through the pains of exile and the joys of family bonding. Exploring the politics of belonging, displacement, and homosexuality, the film examines the hard decisions one Israeli family has to make and the intractable bonds that unite them in the face of complicated life choices.
- DirectorStephanie AbramovichAvital BarakHila Ben BaruchStarsYossi AlmongRoii AmoyaUri Avrahami14 gay and lesbian filmmakers from Tel Aviv present short films about their sexuality.
- DirectorAmos GuttmanStarsSharon AlexanderAki AvniDvora BartonovAgainst the backdrop of AIDS, the film explores two families, each with a gay son. Jonathan is splitting from Miki because the more experienced Miki is playing around. Then Jonathan sees Thomas, the son and grandson of his neighbors, who is back in Israel after failing to make it as a musician in New York: Thomas is ill, detached, in search of hard drugs. Jonathan tries to connect with him. Meanwhile, Thomas's grandmother, facing old age, has become bitter, particularly toward her hard-working daughter. They worry about Thomas. A few blocks away, Jonathan's mother, brother and sister maintain their sometimes bickering relationships, watching Jonathan brave adulthood.